Wagon-skein.



Patented Apr. 29, i902.

A. L. Moons.

WAGON SKEIN.,

:Application filed Sept. 11, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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ALFRED L. MOORE, OF MOLINE, ILLINOIS.

WAQON-SKVEIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part` of Letters Patent No. 698,844, dated April 29, 1902.

Application filed September ll, 1901. Serial No. 75,113. (No model.)

.To all whom, it may concern.: l

'Be it known that 1,ALERED L. MOORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Moline, in the county ofRock Island and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon-skeins, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to that type of wagonskein which is adaptedto encircle a vehicle skein with a removable metallic sleeve adapted to extend. within the hub of a wheel mounted thereon and form a bearing therefor.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for removably mountingv such sleeve upon the body portion of the skein, whereby it may be readily removed when worn and replaced with but little labor and expense. v

A further object of theinvention is to provide a shoulder upon such removable sleeve adapted to form a bearing against the side motion of the wheel and be readily removable with such sleeve.

- A further object is to Yprovide means for making the body portion of a skein of a comparatively cheap material and the bearing of a high grade of steel.

Further objects of the invention will appear from an, examination of the drawings andthe following description and claims.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure l is a longitudinal sectional elevation of a skein provided with my improved removable sleeve, showing the bearing-box mounted thereon'.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectionalplan View" thereof, taken on line 2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3, a longitudinal section of my improved sleeve; and

Fig. 4, a cross-sectional view of the sleeve,-

skein, and bearing-box, taken on line 4 of Fig. l.

In constructing askein in accordance with my improvements I provide a body portion a, of the Ordin ary and well-known type, having an annular shoulder b, preferably sweated thereon, and having an extended end portion c, threaded and adapted to recetve the screwthreadcd nut d thereon. This nut is provided with an annular iiange or shoulder e, adapted to form the outer end bearing for the hub or Wheel when in operative position. Between the inner shoulder b andthe nut the body portion of the skein is preferably reduced and the diameter thereof gradually diminished toward the outer end, so as to have the same general contour as that o f the bearing-sleeve mounted thereon and th inner surface of the wheel-boxing. Upon the reducedportion of the skein and abutting against the annular shoulder is removably mounted an encircling steel sleeve f, provided at its inner end with an annular liange g, integral with such sleeve and adapted to contact the shoulder b upon the body portion of the skein. In order to hold the removable sleeve in position, the ange'thereon is provided with perforations h andthe shoulder adjacent thereto'with perforations vl, through which rivets are inserted to form a rigid and secure connection between the sleeve and body portion of the skein. It will thus be readily apparent that the sleeve is adapted to lit into the bearingbox j and form the inner and end bearing for the same, and that when such sleeve is worn so as to cause an undesirable amount of play between the hub andthe skein it may be readily removed and replaced by a new one.

It will of course be understood that, al though my improvedsteel sleeve may be used in connection with a lbody portion of a different and cheaper material, such as cast or malleable iron, its use is by no means conlined to such a combination; but, on the contrary, it may be used upon a steel body portionv as well as upon malleable Aor cast iron, and in any case it has the advantage of furnishing a bearing tempered suitably for wear `in such capacity and a' bodyA portion tempered suitably to endure the strains to which itjis necessarily subjected. A

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a means for reducing the undesirable and eX'- cessive play of the wheel upon the Worn skein without the expense of providing a new one.

I claim- I 1. In a wagon-skein, the combination of a hollow body portion adapted to be mounted upon and encircle an axle, a cylindrical sleeve adapted to Aform a wheel-bearing removably and non-rotatably mounted thereon and provided with an annular ange upon its inner end for forming an end bearing, an extended screw-threaded end upon the body portion of the skein, anda nut mounted thereon and provided With an annular shoulder for forming opposite theshoulder formed by the ange an end bearing, substantially as described.

2. In a Wagon-skein, the combination of a body portion adapted tobe mounted upon an axle, a cylindrical sleeve removably and nonrotatably mounted upon such bodyportion, an annular ange integral with suchsleeve, and means for connecting the annular flange to the shoulder on the body portion, substantially as described.

3. In a Wagon-skein, the combination of a body portion adapted to be mounted upon an axle and provided with an annular shoulder and an extended screw-threaded end,a threaded nut mounted upon the threaded end of vsuch body portion and provided with an ann ular shoulder, a removable steel sleeve nonrotatably mountedr upon the body portion between the shoulder and the nut, an integral annular flange upon one end of the sleeve, and means for connectingr the annular ange to the shoulder, substantially as described.

' ALFRED L. MOORE.

Vitnesses:

GEORGE LVBRUMBAUGH, FRANK H. GLUESING. 

